作者:Kyle T. Tarantino、Peng Liu、Robert R. Knowles
DOI:10.1021/ja404342j
日期:2013.7.10
Concerted proton-coupled electron transfer is a key mechanism of substrate activation in biological redox catalysis. However, its applications in organic synthesis remain largely unexplored. Herein, we report the development of a new catalytic protocol for ketyl-olefin coupling and present evidence to support concerted proton-coupled electron transfer being the operative mechanism of ketyl formation. Notably, reaction outcomes were correctly predicted by a simple thermodynamic formalism relating the oxidation potentials and pK(a) values of specific Bronsted acid/reductant combinations to their capacity to act jointly as a formal hydrogen atom donor.